Glen and Wilhelmina McGee, who ran the popular watering hole for 18 years, closed it on AFL Grand Final day.

Their closure announcement described the hotel as “a second home to many” and “one of the cosiest destinations in town”.

When Read died in 2013, Ms McGhee told Fairfax Media the notorious crime figure always had a story to tell at the pub, and that “raspberry lemonade” became his drink of choice there in his final years.

Striking leadlight windows are part of the historic package.Source:Supplied

CBRE Hotels selling agent Will Connolly — who has the listing with Scott Callow and Nathan Mufale — said the fact the historic single-storey building was being sold with vacant possession made it “an extremely flexible opportunity”.